Identify artist, title (in italics!), date of work and medium.
Describe the content and/or subject matter (describe what you see when you look at the work).
( For example: ” Agnolo Bronzino’s Eleanor of Toledo from 1544 is an oil on wood portrait of a mother seated with her young son standing on her right side. The mother is wearing an elaborate dress with black and gold details. The child has blond hair and is wearing a dark blue jacket and is smiling slightly.)
Identify a style or movement the work is associated with; use your Preble’s textbook to place the work in its style category. Explain how it fits into this particular art movement.
( For example: “Eleanor of Toledo was completed during the beginning of the Mannerist art movement, which took place in Italy beginning in the 1520s. This painting is characteristically Mannerist because the figures in the painting have exaggerated and elongated proportions-especially fingers-and are painted with rich colors used to imply texture.”)
Identify 2-3 formal elements (define each formal element using your textbook; identify each formal element in the artwork).
( For example: “The dress depicted in Bronzino’s Eleanor of Toledo demonstrates the artist’s use of texture. The texture is the perceived surface quality of an object. In the painting, the fabric of the mother’s dress appears to be silk with velvet details and shiny pearl and gold beads…”)
Conclusion:
Give your personal reaction to the three works you chose (what you liked/did not like).
Describe how this assignment expanded your appreciation of art.
Please include the picture of the arts you choose to write.
